Amid the spiralling row over Centre planning to introduce delimitation in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M K Stalin on Saturday hosted the the first Joint Action Committee (JAC) meeting on delimitation.
As per PTI, 14 leaders from at least five states participated in the meeting including the chief ministers of Kerala, Telangana, and Punjab--Pinarayi Vijayan, Revanth Reddy and Bhagwant Singh Mann.
Hailing the state leaders for their participation in the meeting, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin posted on X, "Today will be etched in history as the day when states that have contributed to our nation라이브 바카라 development came together to safeguard its federal structure by ensuring #FairDelimitation. I warmly welcome all Chief Ministers and political leaders to this meeting, united in our commitment to #FairDelimitation.'
'Corruption-Hiding Meeting': BJP Reacts
The opposition BJP, which staged a black flag protest, slammed Stalin for not convening similar meetings on the Cauvery and Mullaiperiar water-sharing disputes with Karnataka and Kerala, respectively.
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan described the meeting as "corruption hiding meeting" by the respective leaders. She asked Stalin if he held any meetings to solve the Cauvery problem and Mullaperiyar dam issue with the Karnataka and Kerala leaders.
"So, delimitation has not been announced, and not a single word has been uttered by the central government...Home Minister Amit Shah came to Coimbatore. He had clarified that Tamil Nadu will not be affected. The Home Minister has clarified it, so on what basis are you conducting this meeting," She asked the ruling DMK chief.
This meeting was being held "to hide the corruption charges, to divide the people of the country."
BJP national spokesperson C R Kesavan said on the meeting that the DMK was staging the delimitation drama "as a divisionary tactic to deflect public attention away from DMK's corrupt, failed, disastrous misrule."
"DMK's divisive politics of fear-mongering, attempting to mislead and misinform people will badly boomerang back on the DMK. Rahul Gandhi and Congress, with their mutually conflicting and contradicting stand on delimitation, are indulging in a very pathetic politics of opportunism which is utterly condemnable," Kesavan said.
About The Delimitation Row
The delimitation exercise, which is expected next year, revolves around redrawing parliamentary constituencies based on population levels. It is anticipated that the exercise could also meddle with the proportion of Lok Sabha representatives from the southern states.
In recent times, the delimitation issue has taken center stage owing to a visible conflict between the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and the BJP-led central government as CM Stalin expressed concerns over possibly losing eight parliamentary seats due to the state라이브 바카라 success in implementing a family planning program, which resulted in population control. As a result, the state라이브 바카라 representation in Parliament could be reduced.
